UN weather agency sounds 'red alert' on climate

A World Meteorological Organization (WMO) report confirmed on Tuesday that 2023 was the warmest year on record, with global average surface temperatures at 1.45 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

The U.N. weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and is warning that the world's efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate.

The UN agency warned that the changes were interwoven with growing food insecurity and population displacement. The World Meteorological Organization said there is a “high probability” that 2024 will be another record-hot year.